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City Hall Roundup: Some Data Drops for Your Super Sunday

By Charles Grand / February 8, 2026 /

The Super Bowl is just hours away, but that doesn’t mean you can’t spare a few minutes to get into the numbers behind some of the most contentious Dallas City Hall initiatives since ForwardDallas 2.0. There’s some good news, too, in the latter half of this week’s roundup. Alley vs. Curbside Pickup Stats Staff got…

City Staff Signal Targeted Shift From Alley Trash Pickup

By Charles Grand / February 5, 2026 /

City Manager Kimberly Tolbert and Sanitation Director Clifton Gillespie are poised to catch even more grief following the latest Dallas City Council briefing on alley trash pickup, as it seems a transition to curbside pickup will befall some residents at some point next fiscal year. More specifically, the city is going to move forward with…

Mayor Eric Johnson to Business Leaders: Dallas Isn’t Suburbia — and That’s the Point

By Charles Grand / February 4, 2026 /

If Dallas is going to stay competitive, it has to lean into its identity as a pro-business urban center to leverage corporate flight from less-hospitable environments and stave off D-FW’s suburban upstarts, according to Mayor Eric Johnson. Speaking at a Metroplex Civic & Business Association luncheon on Tuesday, Johnson highlighted some of the concrete indicators…

City Hall Roundup: Park Priorities, Crosswalk Cave, Library Damage

By Charles Grand / February 1, 2026 /

It’s still cold outside, but at least everyone’s getting back into the groove of things, more or less. Plenty of meetings at Dallas City Hall were canceled early in the week, but there’s still some news coming out of 1500 Marilla St. City Council Takes Control of Community Park Project From Park Board Frustration over…

Is Saving Dallas City Hall at Odds With Saving Downtown?

By Charles Grand / January 26, 2026 /

A battle for the hearts, minds, and identity of Dallas is underway as officials prepare to make one of the most consequential decisions of their careers: keep the seat of municipal government at 1500 Marilla St. or relocate City Hall operations somewhere else downtown. Over the last few months, the debate over the fate of…